Margaret Alice

The Near-Accident 7.31.2008 - Poem by Margaret Alice

Margaret Alice drove into a pole this morning, didn’t realize the car was badly injured, then as she tried to drive home, felt the full force of the near-accident: The wheel alignment wasout, the right front wheel completely skew, the car wouldn’t go, the car park attendant directed to the wheel alignment garage where Manuel - Manuel Lennon – checked the car –

It is busted madame, you have to drive it to another garage, Margaret Alice hysterical – the kids are at school, who will take care of them? – I cannot drive, the car’s wheels are all skew, said Schalk Jordaan – we’ll drive the car to the garage, Manuel in your car, we’ll take you there; I called Caroline, she went to fetch Nici and Tiaan, Celeste at the garage – this will cost you madame; I smiled, yes it will,

But my kids are safe; here is Barbara and Lieb, they’ll take me home; took the number and details of Manuel and Schalk who drove my broken car all the way to the garage, I was too shaken and scared to drive my little lame duck; they took care of me and my car, made sure I had a lift before they left – how can I thank them? They’ll never know how much they meant

To the lady with the broken car – but in this poem I’ll let them know how much their help meant!